Non-refilling bottle



(No Model.)

D. A. GILLIOM. NON-REFILLING BDTTLE. NQ. 597.767. Patented Jan. 25,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica DANIEL A. GILLIOM, OF BERNE, INDIANA.

. NON-REFILLING BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,767, dated January25, 1898.

Application filed February 16, 1897. Serial No. 623,591, (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL A. GILLIOM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Berne, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillin g Bottles,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in non refillingbottles, and has forits object to provide such a bottle which when oncefilled and afterward emptied cannot be refilled, thereby preventing thefraudulent sale of liquids of an inferior make under the original label;and with these ends in View my invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction and operation in detail, referring by number to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this speeification, and inwhich- Iiigure lis a central vertical section of a bottle made inaccordance with myimprovement, and Fig. 2 a similar view showing thecondition of the bottle after the cork has been started. 1

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bottle which has its lower endopened and so formed as to produce an annular shoulder B, which may beclosed by the cap C, made to fit within the lower end of the bottle andagainst the annular flange or a rubber packing D, interposedtherebetween. This cap is held in place by a rod E, which passes througha suitable opening therein and has a nut F threaded upon its lower end,which rests within a depression in the cap, so as not to interfere withthe standing of the bottle upon a small surface. The upper end of therod is provided with an eye G, through which passes a Wire or thin metalstrip H, and the latter is adapted to be secured within the cork bypassing within'th'e center thereof and having its upper ends turnedoutward to form hooks I.

From this description it will be seen that to put my iniprovementinpractice the rod is secured to the cork, as just described, the latteris securelyT placed within the neck of the bottle, the bottle invertedand filled through its bottom, the cap C placed in position with the rodprojecting through the opening therein, after having first interposedthe rubber packing D, and a suitable washer G placed over the end of therod, and finally the nut F run thereon, so as to draw the several partstightly together, and in order to prevent the removal. of the bottom theend of the rod is headed up, thus securely retaining the nut inposition. lVhen it becomes desirable to withdraw the contents from thebottle, the latter is placed overa suitable receptacle and the corkdrawn by any wellknown means, which by so doing will break the strip I'Iwhere it passes through the eye G, thus permitting the bottom of thebottle to fall out and the contents to flow into the receptacle. Afterthe strip has been once severed it will be seen that the bottom of thebottle cannot be replaced, and therefore said bottle cannot b e refilledand its contents sold as the original package.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulisl. In combination with a bottle having an open bottom, a shoulderformed near Ithe lower edge thereof; a packing adapted to iit againstsaid shoulder; a cap adapted to it upon said packing; arod passedthrough said cap; a nut secured upon the end of said rod; a fragilestrip attached to the upper end of said rod and secured to the cork,whereby, when the latter is drawn, said stripwill be severed and the capreleased, as specified.

2. The herein-described combination of a bottle having an open bottom, ashoulder formed at the lower edge thereof; a packing resting againstsaid shoulder; a cap C adapted to bear against said packing; a rod Epassing through said cap; anut secured upon the lower end of said rod toprevent its withdrawal through the cap; a washer interposed between saidnut and the cap; an eye formed in the upper end of the rod; a fragilestrip passed through said eye and projecting into a suitable cork, itsupper ends being turned over so as to forni hooks, to prevent thewithdrawal of said strip, as shown and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL A. GILLIOM.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. RosE, JOB SMITH.

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